{"operation":"document","citation":"P-78-026","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-78-026","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1978-07-19","effective_on":"1978-07-19","summary":"REQUIRE AN ENGINEER OR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FIRM TO REVIEW THE DESIGN OF ITS PLASTIC PIPELINE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE DESIGN OF ANCHORS, SO THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT PULLOUT AT THE MECHANICAL JOINT FOR EACH PIPE SIZE AND INSERTION LENGHT.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-026.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-026.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-78-026","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-78-026","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-78-026.\n\nREQUIRE AN ENGINEER OR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FIRM TO REVIEW THE DESIGN OF ITS PLASTIC PIPELINE SYSTEM, INCLUDING THE DESIGN OF ANCHORS, SO THERE ARE SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT PULLOUT AT THE MECHANICAL JOINT FOR EACH PIPE SIZE AND INSERTION LENGHT.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1978-07-19\n\nAdopted Date: 1978-07-05\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1979-02-01\n\nSynopsis: ON DECEMBER 15, 1977, A 2-INCH PLASTIC GAS MAIN UNDER AN ALLEY IN DOWNTOWN LAWRENCE, KANSAS, PULLED OUT OF A COMPRESSION COUPLING WHICH JOINED IT TO A STEEL GAS MAIN. NATURAL GAS ESCAPED FROM THE MAIN AND MIGRATED THROUGH THE STONE FOUNDATION WALLS OF TWO NEARBY BUILDINGS. THE ACCUMULATIONS OF GAS IN THE TWO BUILDINGS IGNITED. THE RESULTING EXPLOSION AND FIRE DESTROYED ONE BUILDING, SEVERELY DAMAGED THE OTHER BUILDING, AND BROKE NEARBY WINDOWS. TWO PERSONS WERE KILLED AND THREE PERSONS WERE INJURED.\n\nNtsbnumber: DCA78MP005\n\nReport Number: PAR-78-04\n\nAddressee Name: Kansas Public Service Company, Inc.\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1979-02-01\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1978-12-18\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: KANSAS PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY LTR: THE ROBERT R. BAYLES CONSULTING ENGINEERING FIRM WAS FORMALLY HIRED DURING SEPTEMBER OF 1978. THEY ARE INVOLVED IN DESTRUCTIVE BURST TESTS AND REVIEWING THE SYSTEM DESIGN. PARTICULAR EMPHASIS IS BEING PLACED ON PLASTIC PIPE.\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1982-04-13\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nAddressee Organization Type: P-Private Industry\n\nCommunication Date: 1979-02-01\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence","truncated":false,"body_characters":1795}